San
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 75.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 66 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,876since 1911
San over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #1,607 | 51 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #1,640 | 48 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #1,621 | 48 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #1,768 | 42 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 47 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,292 | 52 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,135 | 66 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,423 | 42 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
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| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named San! It came in at #1,956, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1921, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about San
- 4,376 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #10,917)
- 5,502 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #10,917)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1950 at #1,135 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,955 girls born in 1950 were named San (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all girls named San (460) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #1,956 (1911) | #1,956 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,809 (1924) | #3,797 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,567 (1934) | #3,286 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,423 (1949) | #2,643 |
| 1950s | 442 | #1,135 (1950) | #1,556 |
| 1960s | 460 | #1,607 (1968) | #1,697 |
| 1970s | 336 | #1,665 (1971) | #2,541 |
| 1980s | 170 | #3,069 (1980) | #4,923 |
| 1990s | 85 | #6,131 (1990) | #9,880 |
| 2000s | 20 | #15,031 (2000) | #16,030 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,317 |
| 2020s | 20 | #10,917 (2025) | #12,805 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
San in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 25,955 of them was named San, which outranked 81.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,123Thomasine67
- #1,123Zandra67
- #1,123Zoe67
- #1,135San66
- #1,135Agatha66
- #1,135Beatriz66
- #1,135Easter66
- #1,145Allyn65
- #1,145Carletta65
- #1,145Carolee65
Tied with 9 names at #1,135; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 223,783 of them was named San, which outranked 34.0% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,580Yancey9
- #2,580Yancy9
- #2,580Zollie9
- #2,770San8
- #2,770Abdul8
- #2,770Adalberto8
- #2,770Adell8
- #3,021Abundio7
- #3,021Aden7
- #3,021Adron7
Tied with 250 names at #2,770; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.